powerd(8)
Alexander S. Usov
A.S.Usov at kvi.nl
Thu Apr 21 02:03:02 PDT 2005
sebastian ssmoller wrote:
>>
>> But in general, it looks that a main problem with original adaptive
>> algorithm is that it is possible to decrease an effective cpu
>> frequency to an incredibly small values (for mine centrino it can go
>> from 1.3Ghz down to 75Mhz), where even the easiest things take a lot
>> of time, so it is forced to increase it. It looks that just limiting
>> the minimal frequency by a something like 200-300 Mhz should make the
>> original adaptive algorithm work much better.
>>
>
> agree! estctrl decreased speed only down to 600MHz which worked
> perfectly for me ... guess even 200MHz would be a bit to slow still ..
It really depends.
I left my notebook running for a whole night and most of the time it
was fluctuating at frequencies of about 75-300 Mhz, which is more than
enough for mldonkey to work.
But for interactive work one would really prefer to have it higher.
--
Best regards,
Alexander.
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